Won’t be long now. . .
I can’t remember the last time I had a journal post to just shoot the wind! Maybe a sign that things are definitely getting more focused this year.
So far this year I have improved my grade profile with a couple of solid performances. Having just found out my grade for my A9 assignment I’m pleased to learn that unlike my initial fears my standards of work have not dropped since the summer.
This has put me in a confident mood going into the the next stage of my development.
I’m learning new things every time I come into the classroom on a Thursday with our WordPress assignment. This assignment has also helped me step away from my normal designs as it required a rustic look and feel. For the first time within my design I have also set myself a challenge of incorporating things I had no knowledge of how I was going to do prior beginning the build stage.
My other ongoing assignment is more creative still with the challenge of coming up with a surface design for an as yet unnamed product. I have found the full days designing this to be good towards the start of the day but then come the afternoon my creativity seems to take a turn for the worse.
Looking ahead I’m already anticipating the team assignments, I think it will be good for us to get some real client experience behind us before drawing to a close and going out into the industry. I am relishing corresponding with people outside of my normal group. I also think I’m in a much better position of knowing my own skills and what I can offer a client now.